OLD-STYLE SMALL HALLWAY DESIGN Most of us live in far from the most spacious apartments: with narrow corridors, small rooms and tiny hallways. Residents of five-story panel-block buildings built in the third quarter of the last century feel the tightness especially acutely. And if we add to this the standard dullness of a typical layout and the stereotypical monotony in wall decoration, then ...
With my own hands - read more ... Decor of a small hallway under the masonry of an old castle with your own handsRESTORATION OF AN OLD BED FROM WOOD WITH YOUR HANDS: MASTER CLASS Recently I got a very old wooden bed. I assume that it was made in the 30s of the last century and today it is unlikely to represent any antique value. Although some of the handmade details were really great. For example, carved legs in the form of "lion's paws" or backs, veneered ...
With my own hands - read more ... Do-it-yourself restoration and restoration of a wooden bedHOW TO RESTORE AN OLD BOOK WITH YOUR OWN HANDS The son was presented with an old church book of the 18th century with very worn and mixed pages (photo 1). There was no cover on it, only a pair of very dense rectangular leather covers of different sizes. They restored it and left it in the home library. We share the recovery method with you. RESTORATION OF AN OLD BOOK STEP-BY-STEP 1. Spread the book on ...
With my own hands - read more ... Do-it-yourself restoration of an old book - master classHOW TO CLEAN AN ANCIENT COIN No, not the island of Bad Luck in the ocean, but "Katin penny" - a copper coin worth five kopecks from the time of Empress Catherine II in 1783. After lying in an unknown place for more than two hundred years, it has become covered with nondescript layers of green. In contrast to the natural patina of copper oxides, which protects the coin from subsequent oxidation and ...
With my own hands - read more ... How to clean coins at home